Stable-fixture.



W. MITCHELL.

STABLE FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED APR. I5, I915.

1,201,068. Patented 0ct.10,1916.

QM ATTUF'NEZYS.

WILLIAM MITCHELL, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.-

STABLE-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application filed April 15, 1915. Serial No. 21,506.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stable-Fixtures, of which the following is a description, refer- I once being had to the accompanying drawings, Which are a part of this specification.

The invention relates to stable fixtures. The invention designs more particularly to provide a fixture attached to the stall for horses or other animals for receiving the feed such as hay and gram.

It frequently happens where separate feeding devices are employed for hay and grain that the animal will eat the grain before the hay. This results in serious consequences if the animal, coming in hot, bolts may be placed and means for receiving and I through the hay.

saving the grain for feed which filters down The invention further designs to produce a combined hay and grain rack and a manger for receiving any grain or hay leaves which may filter down through the rack.

The invention further designs to provide, in combination with a stall, a feed rack and manger which may be filled from the space in front of the stall.

The invention consists in the several features of construction hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claim at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an end view of a stall showing the fixture embodying the invention attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4: is a detail view of a part of the .fixture; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a modified form of the device.

The feeding device is shown as attached to a stall which consists of sides 7 and end 8 made of planking 9 which is bolted to corner pieceslO said corner pieces being secured in upright position upon the stall floor 11 by means of supporting standards 12, the ends'of the side planking and the sides of the end planking being recessed to receive said standards. Side guard frames 13 comprising side members 11 and cross bars 15 are disposed above the sides of the stall and are connected to the standards 12 by adjustable collars 16. i j

The feeding device comprises a rack disposed adjacent the front end of a stall and means adjacent said rack for receiving material from the same.

The rack comprises a fixed rack member and a movable rack member. The fixed rack member consists of a bar 17 secured to each of the standards 12 at the upper ends thereof by collars 18, a bar 19 removably secured in brackets 20 secured to the side planking and a plurality of bars 21 spaced apart and connected at their ends to the cross bars 17 and 19. The movable rack comprises a plate 22, preferably made of sheet metal, having angled edge members 23 secured thereto, the said platebeing pivotally connected to the bar or rod 19 by any suitable connection, such as a clip 24:. A chain 25 is secured to the bar 17 and to the plate 22 to limit the movement of the same.

In Fig. 5 a modified form of movable rack is shown which comprises plates 26 and 27 similar to the plate 22 and pivotallv connect ed together by any suitable means such as a hinge 28 The plate 26 is pivotally connected to the rod 19 similar to the plate 22 and the upper end of the plate 27 is secured to the stall by a locking connection comprising brackets 29 having notches 30 in which pins 31 secured to the plate 27 engage. The plates 26 and 27, similar to the plate 22, have angled members 23 secured thereto and a chain 32 is connected to the plate 26 and one of the bars 21. In this construction the plate 27 forms a removable cover member for the rack.

The means adjacent the lower end of the rack for receiving material from the same comprises a manger 33 which is pivotally mounted on the rod 19 by hearing brackets 34 disposed to one side of the center of gravity of the manger and is sustained in its horizontal position by a cross rod 36 secured to the sides of the stall for receiving the front edge 35 of said mangem Therear edge 37 of the manger extends outwardly adjacent the yie reak o theetalls ch h t it m h dily eened ndite contents discharged therefrom by swinging the manger on its bearings 34. and owing to the" disposition of themanger it is. readily accfissible from the alley in front of, the sta In the construction shown in Figs. 1, to '3 thehay may be placed in the rackfrom the alley in front ofthe stallsor from a hole'in the l f e e e ch tall ndi the Ihedifiea'.--

tion shown in Fig. 5 when the plate 27, is thrown out of locking engagement'withthe k s 29 n n line ith e plate the rack may be loaded in the same way, After the hay has been, put into the rack, grain m y e p e pe it and s e ho feeds, the grain andfine hay which arenot consumed by the animal while eating will filter down andbe collected in the manger below the rackjthus saying all the feed.

The invention thus"exemplifies a feeding device comprising a rackmade up of a fixed and a movable rack member and meansbelow th r ek f r e i in mat al from the same,

The invention is not to be restricted to the det'ails'of construction herein set, forth, but the construction may bevaried so longas it is within thescope of appended claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination, with a stall, of-a rack comprisinga fixed member and a movable membermountedatthe front of the stall, said fixed member comprising a plurality of bars spaced apart andsecured to the stall, a movable memb r c mpr s n a: pl te pivotally secured to the stall in front of the fixed member andextending outwardly into e rel f n f nb fth all, ableri e a y red 50 th e end f sai rst. 55

named plate, and'means for detachably seing said a named p a e to th stall; andv a receptacle pivotally mounted upon the lower end of the raclrand accessible from the space in front of the stall g for receiving materials. from the rack,

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comprising a fixed member and a movable Copies e! this patent may be obtained for member mounted at the front of the stall, said fixed member comprising transverse barssecnred tothesides of the stall and upright bars secured to said transverse bars, said movable member comprising a plate mounted at its lower edge to one of said transverse bars, and means for securing said late at, anangle with respect to said fixed member, a receptacle pivotally mounted adjacent its front end on. said transverse bar, and a rod. secured to the sides of thestall and upon which the rear edge of said receptacle rests, said receptacle extending beyond therack and stall soas to be accessible fromthe space infront of the stall and rest ing by its own weight upon said rod and adaptedto, be tipped forwardly into the space in front of the stall.

3. In astall, a feed rack comprising a fixed m mber an a mo e m b r, d' o hlememb r mp i ng ap r l y of p es pivotally secured together in front of the fixed member and extending intothe space in. front of the. s a ne of p eeh n pivotally securedto the stall, and means for detachably securing the other plate to the stall, i i

h ln a stall, a feed; rack comprising a xedmem r and a mova le m b Said movable member comprising a plurality of plates pivotally secured together and having ng e edge members e her t one said plates being pivotally secured to the stall andimeans forfdetachably securing the other plate to the stall.

5 'llhe combination with a stall provided with side walls and a frontw-all of less height thansaid side, walls to form an open eethere n; of a ep n and p op feed rack mounted adjacent the side walls at the front endfof the stall and extending outwardly beyond the front wall thereof,

and a tiltable manger pivotally disposed below said feedraclgbetween said side walls and in'the open space adjacent the front e ellamee-hs o on ecting ne o d p ateet n o he e e ere, n means for detachahly-lockfingthe other plate to the andar s-j In testimony whereof'l' aflix my signature.

TVILLIAMAMITCHELL.

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